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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ANALDO M. ENGLISH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATEBSON, NEW JERSEY, A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HEEL-BURNISHING MECHANISM.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANALno M. ENGLISH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Heel-Burnishin Mechanism, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

Thi invention has for its object the pro (luetion of a novel machine for burnishing or treating heels of boots and shoes, more especially heels varying in shape or contourfrom one to the opposite breast corner about the exterior of the heel, or heels of the class concaved at the back or at the back and sides, but my novel machine may be used to burnish heels of any shape.

My invention contemplates where desired the use of a plurality of acks, adapted to be moved independently one of the other and n'eferably automatically put into operative position, with relation to a heel-bnrnishing tool, so that while one jack occupies its operative position the other jack may occupy its inoperative position, in which latter position a shoe having a burnished heel may be removed and a shoe having a heel to be burnished may be substituted, the employment of a plurality of jacks greatly increasing the mitput of the machine. The jacks may have combined with them means for automatically varying the extent to which the jack and shoe thereon may be moved relatively to provide for burnishing heels of different sizes or heels of different length from the breast to the back of the heel. By the length of the heel, I mean to designate the distance from the breast of the heel to its back at the heel'seat, which I designate the heel-seat end of the heel, and by its height, the distance from the face of the top-lift to the top of the heel-seat end of the heel. The rand of the heel is the bevel at the top edge of the sole to which the heel is nailed, the rand-crease being the space between the rand and the back of the upper covering the usual. counter.

I the manufacture of shoes, the heel-is trimmed and thereafter burnished, and in Sp zcification of letters Patent.

Application filed September 4, 1906.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

Serial No. 333,062.

practice it is found that burnishing tools as at present constructed fail to leave a true surface at the exterior of the heel particularly in case of lack of truth in the heel surface due to fault in trimming the same.

The burnishing tool embodying my invention in its broad scope, presents a surface in the direction of the height of the heel corresponding with the shape in which the heel is to be left by the action of the tool.

The burnishing tool shown is represented as composed of a plurality of parts, the faces of which, where they contact with the exterior of the heel, are straight, or slightly curved; that is, convexed or concaved, according to the exterior of the heel, the particular shape of the parts of the tool contacting with the heel being varied according to the shape of the heel to be burnished. The tool has given to it a series of to and fro motions and at the same time, the tool is made to traverse the exterior of the heel from one to the other breast corner, each forward stroke of the tool reaching a point a little in advance of the previous stroke, each backward stroke arriving at a point not quite so far back as the next preceding stroke, and as the tool creeps about the heel, a new portion of the face of the tool meets the exterior of. the heel, so that during the burnishing of each heel, parts of the face of the tool operate in succession on some part of the exterior of the heel.

The different sections of the tool contact with different portions of the exterior of the heel in the direction of its height and the tool is spring pressed toward the heel. The tool may also be moved in the direction of the height of the heel while traveling about the exterior thereof, and the tool may be heated in any usual manner, if desired.

The shoe having the heel to be acted upon is sustained by a jack, the level of which is changed during the operation of burnishing each heel, and the burnishing tool that burnishes the heel of the shoe on the jack has imparted to it a variable movement as it moves about the exterior of the heel, the movement, as herein provided for, being slower when acting upon the sides of the heel than when acting upon the curved parts of the heel, and while the burnishing tool work about the exterior or rear part of the heel, the jack, with its shoe, occupies its stationary position.

Figure 1 is a right hand side elevation of a burnishing machine in which I have embodied my invention in one of the best forms now known to me; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a top view with the head carrying theburnishing tool or tools removed; Fig. 4 is a diagram showing part of a. table to be hereinafter referred to; Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the burnishing tool shown as in position on the exterior of the heel; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 5; Fig. is a right hand end view of Fig. 5, the part of the burnishing tool for acting on the rand and top of the heel being omitted; Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view illustrative of the jack mechanism, the section being in the line 9:, Fig. 2; Fig. 8 is a sectional detail show-- ing the controller engagement with the re cessed saddle; Fig. 9 is a detail looking at the machine from its front side, chiefly to show the carriage carrying the gate sustained on the framework of the machine and actuating parts for moving the carriage and for rotating the shaft in the head; Figs. 10, i1 and 12 show in detail the cams represented in Fig. 9 on the shaft; Fig. 13 is a detail looking at the rear of Fig. 9, chiefly to show the parts for revolving the shaft in the head and for changing the position of the jacks; Fig. 14 is a diagram showing different positions of the ate carrying the ack shaft and the table re erred to; Fig. 15 is an outline of a heel to be burnished; Fig. 16 is a detail showing part of the mechanism for imparting vertical movement to the jacks; Figs. 17, 18 and 19 are diagrams showing the different positions taken by the gates carrying the jacks in the operation of heel burnishing; Fig. 17 shows the gate carrying the left-hand jack in the position where the heel carried by the jack mounted in that gate has just been burnished and the righthand jack having been provided with a heel has effected automatic locking of that jack to an actuator, the movement of which controls the continued operation of the machine, in order that the right-hand ack, provided with a shoe, may be autoi'natically moved into position to have its heel burnished, without stopping the machine; Fig. 18 shows the left-hand jack as having been put into its inoperative position. and the righthand jack as going into operative position. to be acted upon by the burnisher; Fig. it) shows the right-hand jack in its fully operative position, the right-hand side of the heel at the breast corner being supposed to be in contact with the heel burnisher; Fig. 20 is an enlarged front view of the head 5 for carrying the burnished tool, the tool being removed; Fig. 21 is a left-hand side clevation of Fig. 20; Fig. 22 is a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 20; Fig. 23 is a view looking at Fig. 20 with some of the parts therein shown removed; Fig. 24 is a section of Fig. 20 in the line 4l; Fig. 25 shows the auxiliary plate removed from Fig. 20; Fig. 26 shows the tool-holder removed from the auxiliary plate shown in Fig. 20; Fig. 27 is a top View of the tool-holder Fig. 26.

The framework A of the machine of suitable shape to sustain the working parts has bearings A for the. main shaft A of the machine provided with fast and loose pulleys A A, and a pulley A the latter receiving a belt A that encircles a pulley A loose on shaft A see Fig. 21, in the frame head A of the machine, said pulley being the actuator for the burnishing tool to be described, said pulley having fixed to it at one side a hub having a cam groove 0 to be described.

The machine herein to be described is adapted to handle a plurality of shoes, the heels of which are to be burnished, a shoe when applied to a jack being brought automatically into operative position with relation to the path of movement of the burnishing tool to be hereinafter fully described.

The jacks are alike and their like parts may be designated by like letters, but I have for distinguishing the jacks designated the left-hand jack by the letter B and the righthand jack by the letter C. Each jack B and C has like top and bottom bosses 3 and a central boss 4* shaped at its under side to present teeth with notches between. The top and bottom bosses are connected slidably by a spline with a like shaft 5 revolubly sustained in a swinging support or gate C. (F. Each shaft 5* has a collar 6 connected thereto by a suitable set screw, said collar resting on the boss at the top of the gate. The shaft 5* has also a collar 7 connected thereto by a set screw, see Fig. 1, the purpose of which collar will be hereinafter described.

Each jack B, C has at its upper end, see Fig. 8, a detachable heel breast support a that may be readily removed from the jack for the reception of another support according to the size and. shape of the heel to be burnished. Each heel breast support pinned to the jack by pins a has as shown a pattern leg 0., the shape or width of which varies according to the length of the heel to be burnished.

Each jack has at its front side ears a sustaining a stud a upon which is pivoted the lower end of a shoe-clamping device (1 shown as a lever provided at its upper end with an adjustable rod a suitably toothed or notched at a that it may be held by a lock ing device 0. in any adjusted position according to the thickness of the comb of the last and the height of the heel of the shoe applied to the last, the end of said rod having a swiveling contact piece a that bears against the comb of the last.

\Vhen jacking a shoe, the contact piece a will be adjusted to nearly contact with the cone of the last, and thereafter through the arm (4 fast on shaft (L having a cam a acting upon a part of the lever ar, said lever will be moved to cause the contact piece a to act upon the cone of the last and firmly hold the top-lift of the shoe against the heel breast support a, a part of said support also receiving against it the top-lift end of the shoe, the sole of the shoe being pressed against a plate e forming part of the jack, the shoe being in this way jacked as it is called.

The lever a has a spring a that acts normally to move the same away from the shoe when the cam a is in position to permit sai d spring to act, it being understood while the heel of one shoe is being burnished that the workman has time to remove a shoe having a burnished heel from the jack then in its inoperative position as shown by jack C, and to supply in its place another shoe having a heel to be burnished when the jack C is brought into its operative position at the burnishing tool.

Each jack has a foot that when the jack arrives in its operative position and just before the shoe heel is placed in the path of movement, of the burnishing tool passes the end of a wall 0 extended upwardly from a table 0 see Figs. 4 and 8. and contacts with the inner side of a longer wall a of said table, said table sustaii'iing the jack throughout its movement while a shoe heel is being burnished.

Referring to Fig. 8 where the table is re resented in section. it will be observed that the table is mounted on a horizontal stud 0 extended from a. slide a and that below said stud said slide is provided with a. threaded r d (1? surrounded by a spring a. th t enters a spring-holding chamber in the table, one end of the spring abutting a shoulder of the chamber. the opposite end abutting said slide. The threaded rod has applied to its outer end an adjusting device or shown as a wheel nut which when rotated in one direction permits the spring to move the table a to the left viewing Fig. 9 to adapt the machine for hurnishing a higl'icr heel. and by turning the adjusting device in the opposite direction, so that its hub contacts with the table. the latter is moved to ward the slide a, compressing the spring and adapting the position of the table and. jack to a heel of less height.

The slide a carrying the table and the threaded rod (1 and the pin a may be moved vertically in guides 19 resting on the surfaces of the column of the machine, the

guides being held in place by screws Z). The slide (1 has a foot a that, is acted upon by an adjusting screw carried by a link 72 jointed at b to one end of a controller I) shown as a lever pivoted at its rear end on a pin 7) of a vertically movable yoke having a foot 7% fitting loosely a hole in a cross piece a forming part of the machine frame.

The under side of the controller 0'' is shaped as best shown in Fig. 8 where said controller is represented in section as resting on a recessed saddle 5 carried by a lever 7)? said saddle and lever constituting a variable fulcrum, said lever being mounted on a short shaft 7) having as represented an ear 7) that is operatively connected by a rod 7) with a lever I), see Figs. 1 and 2, hown as of elbow shape and pivoted on a stud carried by the head of the machine, the upturned arm of said lever being provided with a roller 12 that contacts with the exterior of the pattern leg carried by the heel breast support. so that according to the width or shape of said pattern leg, they varying according to variations in size and length of heel, the variable fulcrum may be moved automatically to change its position under the controller. so that when the latter is moved as will be described over said fulcrum while the table on which the foot of the jack rests is being lowered and raised, the down and up strokes of the table will be adapted to the length of the heel.

The stud B of the yoke W is embraced by the forked end of the controller 7) through which said pin 5 is passed. Fig. 16, and by the lower end of a slide bar 7 having its upper end forked to embrace a shaft A. said bar having a roller or other stud f that acted upon by a, cam F. as will be more fully described, fixed to said shaft, and during the operation of burnishing a heel the lever 7) controlled bv the pattern leg occupies a position demanded by said pattern eg. and at the conclusion of the burnishing operation and while the jack occupies its elevated pcsition. the part f* of said cam 7 of largest radius acts on the roller of said bar. depresses the stud 7) and yoke. rocking the controller over the variable fulcrum described until the projection f extended from said controller enters the bearings f at the upper side of an adjustable lever near one end thereof. thus leaving the con-.

troller 7/ fulcrunwd momentarily upon said adjusting lever. \Vhile the controller 7) is so momentarily sustained by the lever the over 7) of the varial'ile fulcrum will remain in the position occupied therebv until the jack having the burnished heel is moved to the of... as will be described, preparatory to turning the jack having the heel which has tin huinished into its inoperative position, at which time a spring a will pull Said leer 3 to the left Fig. 8, thus putting the roller 12 in position to be acted upon by the pattern leg of the next jack to be brought into operative position with relation to the burnishing tool, and if the pattern leg is of the same shape and width as the pattern leg connected with the jack having a shoe the heel of which was just burnished, the variable fulcrum will be moved into the same position, but if the heel is of a different size or length, then the variable fulcrum through the action of said leg on the roller 12 will be moved into the proper position to sustain the controller while the burnishing tool next acts upon a heel, the controller not eing deposited upon the variable fulcrum until after the jack having the heel to be burnished is brought into its operative position.

The pull of the spring 7 22 when permitted to act is sufficient to turn the lever 1) into a position for the shortest heel to be burnished. In the rotation of the cam 7 after the foot of the jack has been deposited on the table, the weight of the jack thereon, acting through the table, causes the controller to be seated on the variable fulcrum in whatever position it occupies according to the length of the heel to be burnished. It will be understood that whenever the size or length of the heel to he burnished varies sufficiently to require it, the jack will be provided with a suitable heel-seat support and pattern leg of the particular shape or width required for that particular length of heel.

The free end of each gate has a boss 1" that receives a rod 71* forming part of each jack B or C, and the lower boss of each pair of bosses r1 (Z see Figs. 1 and 9, of the carriage D to he described has a like projection 28 with which is jointed a link '29 said link at its opposite end being jointed to a lug 30 projecting from the collars 7 secured one to each of the rods 5*.

After the foot (1 of each jack is swung, as will be described, over the table and corn tacts with the wall a, said wall acts to locate the top-lift end of the heel in line with the path of the burnishing tool to act on the top-lift, and thereafter as the jack with its foot is moved between said walls, as shown by dotted lines at the right, Fig. 4. this being done by moving said carriage longitudinally, the shoe heel being put into the path of movement of, and to be acted upon bv, the burnishing tool, and while the heel is being burnished, the jack will be maintained accurately in position and the tool will commence to act on the side of the heel at its breast corner 1, see Fig. 15, the table and jack being in their elevated position, and thereafter the ack will be lowered until the side of the heel at about the point 2 is brought into the line with the burnishing tool, and thereafter the shaft A with its longitudinal. axis located in head A and within the bounds of the exterior of the heel, carrying the burnishing tool to be de scribed will be rotated say for substantially a half-rotation in a circular path by a lever 5 to cause the burnishing tool to travel about the rear end of the heel to about the point 1, when the heel will be again raised, causing the burnishing tool to act upon the exterior of the heel from the point 4 to the opposite breast corner 5.

As soon as the tool has traversed over the exterior of the heel once, from one to its opposite breast corner, it being supposed that the heel is elevated while the tool is acting upon the side of the heel next said breast corner, the table o and jack are lowered, causing the burnishing tool to act from the corner 5, along the side of the heel to the point 4, when the shaft referred to will again be rotated in the opposite directicn, taking with it the burnishing tool, causing the same to travel about the rear end of the heel to the point 2, and thereafter the jack will again be raised, ausing the tool to act on the exterior of the heel from the point 2 to the first breast corner.

The speed of rotation of the shaft A", carrying the head and burnishing tool, to be described, varies, it being slower while the tool acts on the heel from the point 1 to point 2 and from point t to point 5 and vice versa, the speed being the greatest while the tool acts on the curved exterior of the heel, between the points 2 and 4, the speed being substantially uniform while acting from 2 to 4 and vice versa.

Viewing Fig. 15, I have shown in diagram three positions of the central portion of the burnishing tool and while the heel is being burnished at or near its breast corner 1, the portion 1 of the burnisher contacts with the heel and it will be understood that the points 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the tool become operative with the n -nihered parts 1, 2, 3, 4' and 5 of the heel successively and when the burnishing tool is actingabout the exterior of the heel from one to its other breast and in the reverse order when in its backward movement about the heel. This completes the burnishing of a heel and imn'wediatelv the jack B having the shoe containing the burnished heel. is moved in the present instance of my invention to the left, through a movement of the carriage D, to be dcscril'ied, ren'ioving the heel from the path of movement of the burnishing tool. so that the jack may be swung awav rom the tool into its inoperative position that the shoe having the burnished heel may be removed from jaclt B. and another shoe h; hag a heel to be burnished be applied theretr. during which operation. the jack C, having been provided with a shoe, is swung autcmatically into its operative position, the

foot of that ack being moved to occupy a position over said table against the wall a", and in operative relation to the burnishing tool, and the heel of the shoe carried by jack C is put in contact with the burnishing tool, as above described with relation to the heel of the shoe carried by jack B.

Fig. 3 shows the jack B in the position it will occupy after a heel has been burnished, and as that jack is moved away from burnishing position, the foot of jack C having a shoe, the heel of which is to be burnished, will be moved independently of jack B into working position with relation to the burnishing tool, and that these jacks may no so moved, I have provided the following means.

Referring to Fig. 9, the frame A has bosses A that receive loosely a guide-rod A that receives ears d of a carriage D, said receiving set screws (Z by which to confine the carriage to said rod. The carriage also has two pairs of cars d (Z each pair of ears receiving a like rod (1* fixed in said bosses by suitable screws d Each rod forms a fulcrum for a like ack support or gate C and C each gate having bosses d at its inner end that embrace loosely one of the rods (Z and contact with the bosses (Z d so that the gates may be swung freely on the carriage D at the proper times about said rods (Z Each lower boss (Wpf each gate, has a projection 21 with which is connected gateswinging means comprising a link 22 threaded at one end and extended loosely through a hole in the lower end of the jack or gate-swinging device 24, shown as a lever pivoted at 25 on cars A projecting from the frame .\,said rod being surrounded at the inner side of said device 24 by a spiral spring 23, the threaded end of the rod having applied thereto a nut 26 that may be adjusted thereon according to the extent of outward movement desired for the jack as the same moved into its inoperative position, said spring yielding as the device moved toward the left Fig. 1 to cause the feet of the jack to cross the table and meet the inner wall a thereof, said spring yielding when said foot strikes said inner wall, said spring compensating for any variation in the position of the table when the jack is heing moved into operative position with relation to the burnishing tool and before the jack is moved laterally between the side walls a, a of said table.

.\s hcreinbefore noted, the bnrnishing tool continen -cs and finishes its operation at the same side or breast corner of a heel, and this it does whether the shoe be supported by either of the jacks. In the present form of the invention this action of the burnish ing tool commences and ends at the breast corner at the right side of the heel, view ing Fig. 15, consequently when one heel is finished and another is to be placed in position, the jacks must be moved to the left to properly permit the movement of one jack out of and the other into operative position, and this movement is herein utilized to continue the operation of the machine in case the jack next to be moved into operative position is properly supplied with a shoe and to stop the machine in case said jack does not contain a shoe, will now be explained.

In the present form of the invention, a carriage I) having the jacks connected thereto, is mounted for lateral. movement and has connected thereto an actuator or clutch controller, which when moved to the left, in the present form of the invention, maintains the clutch members in clutching relation or out of the path of :1 lug or tappet which on its upward movement would otherwise disengage the clutch members, so that 'hen a properly packed shoe on either, of the jacks is moved to the left to position the heel with relation to the burnishing tool, the clutch controller or actuator is also cor respondingly moved, and the machine continues in operation.

In the present embodiment of the invention the carriage D is provided below the ears (Z, Fig. 9, with lugs a sustaining loops 0*, Figs. 2% and 17, inside of which are placed followers e, backed by appropriate springs said followers being thus forced into frictional engagement with the slide or clutch controller to retard too free sliding .Inovemcnt thereof. The springs 6 may rest in suitable seats formed in said lugs e. The slide bar or clutch controller 6 near each end has an opening a and between said openings it is engaged with one end of a lever (2 Figs. 8, ll", 18, 19, fulcrumed on a red 6, the short arm of said lever abutting the hub e of a clutch operating member or lever (a Fig 1, 3, and This lever c is mounted to slide upon a rod (1 and is normally under the influence of a spring at acting to maintain said lever in the path of a log or projection carried by a cam plate 6"" on the shaft A The lever 6 when turned to the left or clockwise, Fig. 3, acts upon the hub to maintain the shipper lever a pressed back against its spring (L and out of the path of the log or projection c as the latter rises from its low position, as indicated in Fig. 8. said position being t1SL-ll1Iltl when the jack next to be moved into operative position contains a properly jacked shoe, as will presently appear.

As shown by Fig. l, the main shaft A has a worm or spiral gear 6 operatively engaged with a worm wheel or gear 6 at the lower end of a shaft 0", which at its upper portion has a worm c" mounted loosely on said shaft and engaged with a tlS worm wheel 6 fast on the shaft A The loose worm c has fixed to or forn'ied to rotate therewith, a clutch member (2 also loose on said shaft 0'. Splined to or otherwise secured to rotate with the shaft 6 is the clutch member a, Fig. 1, said member a being, engaged by the forked end e of the shipper lever 0, Figs. 1 and 3, the construction being such that should the lever be moved to the left or clockwise, Fig. 3, the lever 1; will be moved to the right, Fig. 8, against the stress of the spring (19* and out of the path of the lug or projection a, Fig. 8, as the latter rises from its low position and consetpiently the clutch members c and 0 will remain in engagement and the machine will continue to operate; but should the lever be not so turned, then the lever (i will be met by the lug or projection e as it rises and the clutch members will be disengaged and the machine stopped.

Movement of the lever e to the left is placed under the control of the slide or actu ator as hereinbefore explained, and means are provided in connection with each jack, so that should the jack next to be moved in operative position and moved to the left to bring the right side of the heel into operative relation with the burnishing tool, be properly supplied with a shoe, the slide or actuator 6 will be also moved to the left to turn the lever c in the manner stated and continue the operation of the machine. Said means comprises a longitudinally movable rod or so-called starting device [L2 mounted on each jack, so that if the ack next to be moved to operative position by swinging it about the pivotal connection with the carriage and then moving it to the left to position the heel and burnishing tool be provided with a jacked shoe, the end of the rod or starting device 71 will be engaged with the adjacent slot or opening 6, and thereafter as the jacks and carriage D are moved to the left, the slide (2 will also be moved in the same direction against the stress of a spring, such as 4 Fig. 3 with the result that the machine will continue in operation, through the means hereinbefore described. Should the jack, however, be not provided with a shoe, the rod or starting device 72 will not be forced inward to engage one of the slots or openings 0* and con sequently, even though the jack be swung inward, its following; leftward movement to place the right side of the heel in operative relation with the tool, will not cause leftward movement of the slide or part and the machine will be stopped.

Each gate has at its outer side two guides 71, 71. that serve to guide a starting device 71. that in its operative position, see Fig. 17, enters one of the slots (2* in the actuator 6 Each starting device it? has connected with it by a screw it a block 7L recessed at one side for the reception of a spring if. This block has also a stud h on which is mounted a dog 71. the longer end of the dog being acted upon by a feeler it connected with the lever o of the jack and movable therewith, said fceler meeting the longer arm of said dtg as the lever under the action of the cam o effects the clamping of a shoe to the jack. The inward movement of the dog cii'ects the inward movement of the starting device if against a spring, as 400 and causes its inner end to enter one of the slots of said. actuator according to which jack is being moved into its operative position.

Fig". 17 shows the starting de ice if of the jack C, the one next to be put into its operati ve position, as having entered a slot 0* and as having moved the actuator to the left as the carriage D was moved to the left, thus effectually maintaining the clutch 6 0 closed.

A portion of the forked upper end of each of the like devices 2 see Fig. 18, has a depending arm m provided with a roller stud that enters a cam groove m" in a cam m mounted on a stud m see Fig. 8, the inner side of the cam havintl' as part of it a gear m that is in mesh with an intermediate pinion m mounted on the stud m in turn geared with the pinion m on shaft A.

hen a shoe has been propcrlv jacked, this being done while the actuator occupies the position shown in Fig. 3, the starting device k is thrust into one or the other slot (1* of the actuator, according to which jack has just been provided with a shoe and it will be supposed that the jack C has received a shoe and is next to be moved into its operative position.

lVhen the heel of the shoe of jack B has been burnished and the heel is to be removed from the path of movement of burnishing tool, the lever f is actuated to move the carriage D to the left, and inasmuch as the device/: of jack 0 stands in a slot 0 of the actuator as represented in Fig. 3, the actuat r is also moved turning the lever and moving the shipper lever 0 so that it will not be struck by the cam 0 and the ma chine will not be stopped, and as the lefthand jack B is moved to the left by the carriage l) and lever f to remove the burnished heel away from the burnishing tool, the foot (6 of the jack B is moved over the table a across the end of the wall (2 and he rod connected with jack B will be moved in the direction of the arrow Fig. 3, and said jack will be swung outwardly into the position Fig. 18, and immediately afterward by movement. of the other link 22, jack 0 will be brought, from its position Fig. 17 into the position Fig. 18.

Viewing now Fig. 4, the foot a of jack C is shown in the position it will occupy when said jack stands in its inoperative or outturned position Fig. 3, and the dotted lines at the left of said sectional foot show the position that the said foo-t will occupy after the carriage D has been moved to the left, from the position Fig. 3, into the position Fig. 17, such movement of said carriage also effecting the removal of the heel of the shoe carried by jack B out of the path of movement of the burnishing tool. When thereafter the rod 22 connected with the gate holding jack B is moved, said jack will be turned into the position Fig. 18, and said jack, it having a shoe the heel of which has been burnished, will be put into its inoperative position, and the other jack having a shoe provided with a heel to be burnished in the further cycle of movement of the machine will be moved in the direction of the arrow thereon Fig. 3, turning the gate (l carrying ack C inwardly so that the foot a thereof following in the dotted line path 100 Fig. 4 passes the end of wall a, arrives on top of the table a and meets the inner side of wall a", and thereafter as described with relation to jack B, the carriage l) is moved to the right causing the foot a of jack C to enter between the walls a and (1 of said table until the heel of the shoe carried by jack C is put into operative position with relation to the path of movement of the burnishing tool.

Fig. 18 shows the position of ack C when its foot has passed the end of wall a and said jack is thereafter moved as just described to the right into the position shown by Fig. 19, the movement to the right being effected by the lever f moving the carriage D to the right, the latter taking with it the rods (Z on which the gates C, C are swung. The lever f for mo 'ing the carriage D is mounted on a stud f and is provided with a roller or other stud f that enters a cam groove f, see Figs. 11 and 9, in the left hand side, see Fig. 8 of a cam f carried by shaft A4". The upper end of said lever is forked as shown in Fig. 9 and embraces a block f mounted loosely on a stud f projecting backwardly from rid carriage. The shaft A has a cam 9 provided with a cam groove 5 shown by dotted lines Fig. 10, that is entered by a roller stud g projected from one side of a lever having its fulcrun'i on the stud and provided at its upper end with a toothed segment 9' that engages a gear 7 fast on shaft A before described, said shaft being shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 21. and by full lines in Figs. 9, 22 and 2-1, said shaft sustaining the head S that carries the burnishing tool to be described, said shaft and head being turned at a variable speed, the speed being slower while the burnishing tool acts on the sides of the heel and while the level of the jack is being changed, its faster speed being while the burnishing tool acts on the rounded or circular part of the heel at its end. The longitudinal center of shaft A is located within the bounds of the exterior of the heel. The lever and the device for moving it constitute one good form of means for imparting circular movement to the burnishing tool-carrying head S while either of the jacks B and C occupies its operative positions, but my invention is not to be limited to the special means saown for imparting circular movements to said head.

The head S, see Figs. 22 and 24, is shown as connected with and forming part of shaft A and consequently said head will be retated in unison with said shaft. The head is recessed at its front side as at s to receive an arm .9 carried by a rock-shaft .9 extended hackwardly through a hole see Fig. 24 made in said head parallel to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, the inner end of said shaft 8 being provided with an arm 8 provided with a stud s that enters a cam groove cut in the front face of the loose pulley A said groove being of such shape as to rock said shaft .9 for a plurality of times, illustrated here as four times, during each rotation of pulley A which latter is driven at a high rate of speed, the speed being determined according to the work to be done. The arm a has a stud s that enters loosely a block 8 that in turn enters loosely a notch s in the main tool-carrying plate 8 the shape of which is shown by full lines Fig. E23. and partially by full and dotted lines Fig. 20, said main tool-carrying plate having at its back a projection s that enters a. hole made in the shaft A in line with its lomrjitudinal center.

The rapid movements of the rock shaft and arm .9 oscillate or move rapidly to and fro the main carrying plate 3, thereby imparting to the tool to be described a series of very rapid short strokes, such movement of said plate .9 being continued throughout the cycle of operation of the machine in burnishing a heel, both while the jack is being lowered and raised as described, and wh le the head S is being rotated, carrying with it the burnishing tool about the rear end of the wheel while the jack occupies its lowered position.

In Fig. 24, A. shows one of the bearings for the shaft A and said hearing at its outer side has connected therewith bv screws 1." an eccentric t said eccentric surrounding said shaft A and abutting! the inner side of said head. The plate s has two slots t that receive two lugs 2 extended backwaii'dly, see full lines Fig. 22 and dotted lines Figs. 24 and 25, from an auxiliary carrying plate If, said lugs eml'iracing said eccentric. and as the plate is oscillated rapidly and the head S is revolved slowly. :id lugs move about said eccentric with the head and cause said auxiliary plate to be moved transversely with relation to the longitudinal center of shaft A thus insuring for the burl'iishing tool proper position with relation to the side and back of the heel, as described. The tool-carrier t is fitted into the space between the side walls 102 of the plate t and is free to be slid therein according to the configuration of the heel to be burnished.

The tool-carrier t has a shoulder t see Fig. 27, that is acted upon by a roller 6 carried at one end of a lever pivoted on a stud t at the outer side of the head S, the opposite end of said lever having a stud It with which is connected a spring t in turn connected at its opposite end with an adjusting device t, shown as a screw provided with a hand nut. the rotation of said nut straining said spring more or less and causing the tool-carrier 25 to be borne with greater or pressure toward the heel according to the stock in the heel. The plate a is kept seated at the outside of head S. the plate I? on plate a. and the carrier 1 on the plate 2* by a series of straps 103, each confined in position by suitable screws 104. To limit the inward movement of the carrier I by the spring 5 when the burnishing tool is not in contact with a heel, the plate 2" is provided with a screw F that is extended through a block I?" laid in a slot I, said screw entering and being held in a hole Z in plate t said slot and block being of such length one with relation to the other as to enable the tool carrier to be moved by said spring 25 to enable the burnishing tool carried thereby to meet the smaller and greater radius of any heel to be burnished on the machine.

l-Zeferring to Fig. 5, t shows the burnishing tool carrier. represented in Figs. 26 and 27, and in section Fig. 2 as crossing the head S. The tool carrier 6 is provided with a rod n on which is mounted loosely a link n a boss at the upper end of said link embracing a stud 72*, said stud outside said boss receiving bosses at the end of a U-shaped frame a that supports a part a" of the burnishing tool. said part having a depending lip 71 that enters the rand crease and burnishes the rand at thehecl-seat end of the heel and a part of the body of the heel adjacent said rand. the face of said part contacting with the heel being slightly concaved where it contacts with the exterior of the heel. The tool a has a shank n that enters a tu bular part a of frame a. and is locked therein by a locking device a" shown as a spring. The opposite ends of rod a receive loosely the arms 71. extended from and forming part of a block it, a tubular portion of which receives the shaft 91. of the part n of the burnishing tool said part being slightly convexed where it contacts with the edge of the top-lift and being employed to burnish the edge of said lift and parts adjacent thereto, said part having a lip n that contacts with the face of the top-lift near its corners, said shank n being held by a spring a.

The under edges, see Fig. 5, of the parallel arms of the frame n, see Figs. 1, 5 and 7, are recessed, as shown in Fig. 1, said recess being represented as aconcavity to receive the upper convex or semi-circular top sides of two like journals from a yoke 0, said yoke having a sleeve 0 extended upwardly above said journals, said sleeve being terminated by a semi-cylindrical top part 0 of sufficient length to cross the space between the arms of frame a and to be sustained on projections 0 at the top of said frame, said projections being convexed at their upper ends that the ends of the top part may be moved thereover to and fro.

The sleeve 0 constitutes a holder for the shank of the central part 0* of the burnishing tool, said part being substantially straight in its median line where it contacts with the exterior of the heel, said median line intersecting the axis of the heel and being parallel with the movement of the tool as it traverses the exterior of the heel. The part 0* is shown in Fig. 5 and one edge of said part, at one side of said median line, see Fig. 7, is slightly concaved, said part acting to burnish the body of the heel between its upper and lower ends.

The contiguous surfaces of the parts a a and 0 are toothed or so shaped that a projection from one part, see Fig. 5, enters a space in the other part, said projections and spaces being more or less in engagement according to the height of the heel, said projections and spaces being in deeper engagement when burnishing the sides of the heel than when burnishing the back or rear part of the heel which is usually of greater length than the side of the heel near the breast corner. By sustaining the different parts of the burnishing tool independently one of the other and providing the same with projections and spaces, said parts are rendered automatically adaptable to heels of different heights. The portion 0 of the tool is oscillated about the heel through the plate 8 described, and is also rocked or reciprocated rapidly in the direction of the height of the heel between the parts and a. To rock as represented the part 0 of the burnishing tool, I have provided a lever 0 having at its lower end a roller 0 that enters the irregular groove 0 in the hub of pulley A The upper end of the lever 0 has a link 0 jointed thereto and extended through a. guide 0 the free end of said link, bent as shown, having a stud on which is mounted loosely a sheave 0 concaved at its periphery to embrace the top edge of the rounded portion 0 said link moved by said lever and cam causing said sheave to turn said sleeve 0 and the part 0' of the burnishing tool about the journals 0, the latter being located close to the surface of the heel between its ends. By the employment of the teeth and spaces uniting loosely the different portions of the burnishing tool acting directly against the surface of the heel, said portions may adapt themselves to heels of different height, and yet act on all portions of the height of the heel from its rand to its top lift, leaving no ridge whatsoever.

In Fig. 5, 201 represents one of the teeth extended inwardly from the part a into a space 209. at the right-hand side of the part 0 and 203 represents one of the teeth or projections extending from the'right-hand side of portion a into a recess at the lefthand side of the central part 0 The portions of the burnishing tool acting as a. whole against the heel are kept in contact therewith with a yielding pressure due to the spring 25 which may be regulated as stated and made more or less according to the stock in the heel. The frame a carrying the part 17, is also acted upon by a separate spring 0 connected at its inner end with said frame, the free end of said spring being acted upon by a nut 0 made adjustable by a screw 0". The part a carrying the part 12 of the burnishing tool is acted upon by a separate spring 0", the inner end of which is extended through a slot 0 in frame 11 and enters the part 11 the outer end of said spring being acted upon by a nut 0 made adjustable by a screw 0 It will be understood that the part a of the burnishing tool is movable bodily toward and from the part a, such provision being ntade to adapt the parts of the tool to heels of different or varying heights. The spring 1 acts normally to draw the frame n with its part 72. toward the part n to thus insure the contact of the part 71 with the rand of the wheel, and when a heel has been burnished and the jack is removed, the spring 0 acts immediately to depress the part n until the step forming part of arm a meets a projection n (see dotted lines Fig. at one side of said link W, and the link is consequently swung to the right, (see 3 and G), letting the part 12 be moved away from n and also spring 0 will act and cause the part n to stand below the central part 0 of the burnishing tool. The extent to which said frame a may be moved to the right is regulated by a yielding stop 7 shown as a. nut mounted on a threaded rod r to which is connected a spring 1" the rotation of said step so placing the same on said rod as to enable the said frame to abut said step sooner or later.

As the heel is put in operative position,

the top lift first contacts with the part at slightly raising the same, and at the same time through spring 1' drawing the frame a to the left bringing the tool a into working position against the heel-seat end of the heel with its projection in the rand-crease. Each jack has provisions for imparting thereto vertical movements while the burnishing tool acts on the side of the heel, the burnishing operation, as represented, commencing at one breast corner while the jack occupies its elevated position; the jack and shoe as herein provided for being lowered as the tool burnishes the heel from the first breast corner up to a point where the substantial curvature begins, and consequcntly the machine is simplified by so constructing the jacks that they are elevated when in their inoperative positions, they being dropped, as described, as the burnishing operation continues, the burnishing progressing along the side of the heel adjacent the breast corner, the jack remaining in its low position while the burnishing progresses about the curved back of the heel, the jack being again raised as the burnisher leaves the curved back of the heel and moves down over the opposite side of the heel to the opposite breast corner.

The jacks are maintained elevated through the bosses to be described while being swung away from and toward the table (618, so that the feet of the jacks may take a bearing upon the surface of said table while the latter is in its elevated position. The upper end of the lower boss 10 at the outer end of each gate through which is extended the jack rod 5*, is notched at its upper end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 14, and the lower end of the boss 4* of each jack B, C, is notched in like manner, and viewing Fig. 14, the top ends of the two teeth cc of boss w are shown as receiving upon them and sustaining the lower ends of teeth 4' extended downwardly from the boss 4*, see Fig. 14. These teeth occupy this relation shown one to the other at all times when the foot (1 of the jack is not resting on the table a. Each boss 4*, as the gates are swung away carrying the jacks, does not rotate, but simply travels in a circular path, but the bosses of the gates, the gates being swung about the rods (Z turn in such manner that the teeth of the bosses 4* move off the teeth 10 of the bosses w whenever a foot (L of a ack arrives in position above table a, the jack foot being deposited on said table as the teeth move out of line. and vice versa. The teeth are put in contact as the foot of the jack swings oii' the top of the plate a.

I have stated that the jack is lowered and then raised while the heel is being burnished, the foot of the jack resting at such times on the top of the table a. The source of 

